UV-B Monitoring and Research Program at Colorado State University

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Our sites are distributed as 44% active farmland, 17% rural, 6% grassland, 6% scrubland, 3% above timberline and 11% urban. Detailed information about the various locations can be obtained by clicking on the above Sites Information menu item.

The red dots are the Climatological locations. They have operated for a long duration and usually contain the same set of standard instruments.
The blue dots are the Long Term Research Sites. They can contain a variety of instruments and have operated for a longer time.
The green dots are the Short Team Research Sites. They operated for a short period of time and can contain a varitey of instruments.

UV-B Monitoring Climatological and Research Network

Map courtesy of: R. G. Bailey[Ecoregions of the United States, USDA Forest Service (revised 1994)]

UV-B Monitoring Network Locations

State	Town	Station	Opened	Closed	Longitude	Latitude	Elevation
Alaska	Fairbanks	Poker Flat Research Range [roof]	2000-08-26	open	147.43 W	65.12 N	509 m
Arizona	Flagstaff	Abyss Site at Grand Canyon National Park	1996-03-14	open	112.18 W	36.06 N	2073 m
California	Davis	UC Davis Climate Station	1994-06-29	open	121.78 W	38.53 N	18 m
California	Holtville	UC Desert Research and Extension Center	1998-02-18	open	115.45 W	32.81 N	-18 m
Colorado	Nunn	Central Plains Experimental Range	1994-01-30	open	104.76 W	40.81 N	1641 m
Colorado	Steamboat Springs	DRI Storm Peak Lab [roof]	1999-03-18	open	106.74 W	40.46 N	3220 m
Colorado	Lamar	Ultra-High Energy Cosmic Rays research [Auger Project]	2003-12-17	open	102.62 W	38.07 N	1131 m
Florida	Homestead	Beard Research Center at Everglades National Park	1998-05-05	open	80.68 W	25.39 N	0 m
Georgia	Griffin	University of Georgia-Griffin Campus-Bledsoe Research Farm	1994-06-07	open	84.41 W	33.18 N	267 m
Hawaii	Waimea	NOAA Mauna Loa Observatory [roof]	1997-11-11	open	155.58 W	19.54 N	3409 m
Illinois	Bondville	Bondville Environmental and Atmospheric Research Site	1993-08-06	open	88.37 W	40.05 N	213 m
Indiana	West Lafayette	Agronomy Center for Research and Education	2001-04-07	open	86.99 W	40.47 N	216 m
Louisiana	Baton Rouge	LSU Central Research Station	1996-02-09	open	91.17 W	30.36 N	6 m
Maine	Presque Isle	Northern Maine Regional Office	1995-10-27	open	68.04 W	46.70 N	155 m
Maryland	Queenstown	Wye Research and Education Center	1996-01-30	open	76.15 W	38.92 N	5 m
Maryland	Beltsville	USDA Beltsville Agricultural Research Center - South Farm	1999-05-30	open	76.95 W	39.01 N	64 m
Michigan	Pellston	University of Michigan Biological Station at Douglas Lake	1994-08-02	open	84.68 W	45.56 N	230 m
Minnesota	Grand Rapids	North Central Research and Outreach Center	1996-11-13	open	93.53 W	47.18 N	424 m
Mississippi	Starkville	Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station	2000-09-13	open	88.78 W	33.47 N	88 m
Montana	Poplar	Fort Peck Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes	1997-09-30	open	105.10 W	48.31 N	634 m
Nebraska	Mead	High Plains Regional Climate Center	1996-05-16	open	96.49 W	41.15 N	355 m
New Mexico	Las Cruces	Jornada Experimental Range	1994-09-22	open	106.74 W	32.62 N	1317 m
New York	Geneva	New York State Agricultural Experiment Station at Geneva	1994-08-05	open	77.03 W	42.88 N	219 m
New Zealand	Alexandra	National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research -Lauder	2001-11-20	open	169.68 E	45.04 S	390 m
North Carolina	Raleigh	NCSU Air Quality Educational Unit	2002-10-03	open	78.68 W	35.73 N	120 m
North Dakota	Fargo	NDSU Microclimatic Research Station	2004-10-29	open	96.81 W	46.90 N	275 m
Ohio	Oxford	Ecology Research Center	1993-10-06	2001-04-03	84.72 W	39.53 N	285 m
Oklahoma	Billings	US Department of Energy ARM / SGP / CART	1999-02-17	open	97.49 W	36.60 N	317 m
Ontario	Toronto	Environment Canada building [roof]	1998-02-11	open	79.47 W	43.78 N	210 m
Saskatchewan	Regina	Bratt's Lake Observatory [roof]	1997-12-03	2012-10-18	104.71 W	50.20 N	587 m
South Korea	Seoul	Yonsei University Global Environment Laboratory [roof]	2016-04-04	open	126.93 E	37.56 N	89 m
Texas	Panther Junction	Castolon Site at Big Bend National Park	1996-12-28	2014-12-12	103.51 W	29.15 N	667 m
Texas	Seguin	Texas Lutheran University [roof]	2004-03-16	open	97.98 W	29.57 N	172 m
Texas	Houston	University of Houston - north Moody Tower [roof]	2006-08-03	open	95.34 W	29.72 N	76 m
Texas	El Paso	UTEP Undergraduate Learning Center [roof]	2006-04-19	open	106.51 W	31.77 N	1186 m
Texas	Panther Junction	K-Bar Site at Big Bend National Park	2014-12-14	open	103.18 W	29.30 N	1055 m
Utah	Logan	Utah Climate Center	1995-12-15	open	111.89 W	41.67 N	1369 m
Vermont	Burlington	Proctor Maple Research Center	1996-10-22	open	72.87 W	44.53 N	390 m
Washington	Pullman	Palouse Conservation Field Station	1994-07-13	open	117.19 W	46.76 N	805 m
Wisconsin	Dancy	Lake Dubay	1996-05-20	open	89.77 W	44.71 N	381 m